The specter of the tax deadline is always with me now. I was supposed to get that stuff organized when I was on vacation, but I didn’t even have enough time to have fun that week. How was I supposed to make time for that poop sandwich? It’s much more fun to update my Eye Candy gallery, which I have been doing since yesterday. I added captions for, maybe, fourty guys and put ten new guys into the gallery. I still have some of your requests to add, and I have my list, don’t worry!
Other important business to pass along. We received an email from our IT guy yesterday, so I know it’s not a hoax. There is a nasty computer worm making its way through systems this week. It’s called Conficker, and it will cause you all sorts of problems with spam and invasive programs, if you’re using Windows. Best thing to do is go to the Microsoft site and let it scan your computer and determine if you need to download an update. Click here for details and an easy fix, if your computer is vulnerable.
If you’re looking for a job, you might want to check out the job fair at Shooters Entertainment Complex in the Flats. From 10am-4pm today and tomorrow (Wednesday), they’re interviewing for full and part time positions. They need bartenders, servers, cooks, kitchen staff and valets and are hiring around 300 people for the summer season.
It’s still in theaters, but now, you can see the film everyone has been talking about in the comfort of your home. Slumdog Millionaire heads the list of movies and tv shows out on DVD this week. It was in my Top 3 to See from 2008. Dev Patel plays Jamal, a kid from the streets of Mumbai, who finds himself on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and doing quite well. The questions are all revealed to be answered by things that have happened over the course of his life. I am not sure why director Danny Boyle was convinced the film was going straight to video, but I think, if you watch it, you’ll see how special it is. And, you might even be nicer to the person who answers the phone the next time you call tech support.
I was shocked at how quickly the film Seven Pounds came and tanked in theaters last fall. I think this is another film you should check out on DVD. I liked it a lot. Of course, maybe that’s because when I saw it, I got to talk to THE Will Smith before the movie. Don’t believe me? Hmph.
It was a very rough and tumble red carpet. I had to fight for that face time with Will, but it was totally worth it. His main reason for being here, among the seven places in the country that he did personal red carpet premieres, was to promote giving back. He donated a hundred turkeys to the local foodbank. And what a great message for us all on the last day of March, when we’re trying to raise awareness about Harvest for Hunger. You can still check out hunger at your local grocery store all this week. Hey! Maybe you can pick up a copy of Seven Pounds out on DVD, too. It’s a beautiful and dramatic story of what a person is willing to do to atone.
Marley & Me is one of the feel good movies of 2008. Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson star as a young couple who adopt a dog. The trailers all made it look like the next Beethoven, with the trouble maker dog. But, I’m told, the family grows, and the dog gets older, and it becomes quite the tearjerker. Grown men cry watching Marley & Me. Consider yourself warned. Tell No One is a french film about a man who is still missing his wife, who was murdered eight years earlier. Out of nowhere, he gets an email from her. It’s one of those suspense dramas.
No question my TV on DVD recommendation this week is to check out In Plain Sight, Season One. Mary McCormack stars as the completely flawed Mary Shannon, a US Marshall in New Mexico who sets up and takes care of witnesses in the protection program. Fred Weller is the supportive and special brainiac partner, Marshall. He’s Marshall, the marshall. I really enjoyed the series on the USA Network last summer, and it’s coming back for a second season, so you can catch up now.
You can also watch: Hope and Faith, Season One, The IT Crowd, Season One, California Dreams, Seasons One and Two, Dennis Miller, The HBO Comedy Specials, Hannah Montana: Keepin’ It Real, Schoolhouse Rock: Earth and The Great Depression.